Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has created new problems and brought other, long-existing challenges to light.
As we watched our educational institutions struggle to respond to rapidly changing circumstances, it became painfully obvious that our one-size-fits-all system was failing to prioritize the needs of individual families and their students. The situation was exacerbated by the pandemic but has long needed meaningful improvements.
SF159 would expand the number of students eligible for open enrollment, allow the formation of charter schools without the permission of school district administrators, and create a limited scholarship program for students looking for even broader opportunities.
